Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival
Genre	Rock music,pop music
Dates	6–8 January 1973
Locations	Ngāruawāhia on theWaikato River,New Zealand
Coordinates	37°40′S175°9′E / 37.667°S 175.150°E /-37.667; 175.150 (Ngaruawahia)
Years active	1973
Founders	Robert Raymond, Barry Coburn

TheGreat Ngaruawahia Music Festival was the first large outdoor music festival inNew Zealand. It was held on a farm atNgāruawāhia on theWaikato River, 19 kilometres north-west ofHamilton, for three days from 6 to 8 January 1973.^[1]

• Robert Raymond
• Barry Coburn

• Corben Simpson (NZ) – opening act
• Black Sabbath (UK)
• Fairport Convention (UK)
• Blerta (NZ)
• Dragon (NZ)
• The La De Da's (NZ)
• Mammal (NZ)
• Max Merritt & The Meteors (NZ)
• Split Enz (then billed as "Split Ends") (NZ)
• Lindsay Marks (NZ)
• Bulldogs Allstar Goodtime Band (NZ)
• Billy TK's Powerhouse (NZ)
• Orb
• Butler (NZ)
• Ticket (NZ)
• Itambu (NZ)
• Treefoot (NZ)
• Teddy and the Bears (NZ)

• Corben Simpson removed all his clothes on stage and was reported nationwide in the media, Black Sabbath burned a cross on the hill while getting the entire audience to light a match or lighter.
• Ticket never appeared. They were scheduled to appear and to tour Australia and Canada with Black Sabbath but singer Trevor Tombleson had a throat infection and guitarist Eddie Hansen's 'beloved yellow rig' was blown up by Sabbath's guitarist who was using it onstage without permission. Hansen refused to go on after that.
• "Todd (Hunter) ... gathered some friends and fellow performers for an appearance at the Great Ngaruawahia Music Festival. They wrote original songs for their set list, and someone pulled the name "Dragon" out of anI Ching book. Their performance at the Ngaruawahia Music Festival led to a better gig, a few weeks performing at the Occidental Hotel in Auckland."^[2]

• List of historic rock festivals
• New Zealand music festivals

• Dix, J. (1988)Stranded in paradise: New Zealand rock'n'roll 1955–1988. Wellington: Paradise Publications.ISBN 0-473-00639-1.
• Keith Newman, personal interview with Ticket members including Eddie Hansen

• Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand
• Bruce Sergent New Zealand Music
• Australasian music and popular culture 1964–1975

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